June 18, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1426

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KARACHI: Members’ interest prolongs PA session KARACHI, June 17: The general discussion on budget 2005-06 in the Sindh Assembly remained inconclusive on Friday, fifth and last day for the debate, as no less than 29 members from...		KARACHI: Court seeks report in Saqi case KARACHI, June 17: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court who is also administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Courts in Karachi on Friday ordered the investigation officer to submit a...
KARACHI: 50 rescued as portion of old building collapses KARACHI, June 17: The fire department on Friday declared a pre-Partition residential building in the old city area ‘dangerous’ after a portion of it collapsed earlier...		KARACHI: Depts may lose water connections KARACHI, June 17: The KWSB has decided to sever water and sewerage connections of federal government departments and offices, and the Ministry of Defence in the city, who owe it a huge amount of Rs1,173 million....
KARACHI: Seven released for lack of evidence: Arson case KARACHI, June 17: Police on Friday released seven suspects, who were arrested for arson at the KFC restaurant in Gulshan-i-Iqbal in the aftermath of a suicide bombing at Madinatul Ilm on...		KARACHI: Young man killed in Azizabad KARACHI, June 17: A young man was killed after being kidnapped by unknown persons in Azizabad on Friday. Police said that area residents informed Madadgar 15 that a body was lying...
KARACHI: Picnickers warned KARACHI, June 17: Picnickers going to the coastal belt of Karachi and Gadani on Saturday and Sunday should stay away from tidal waves. This advisory was issued by the Edhi Foundation...		KARACHI: Gutka stocks seized KARACHI, June 17: On the directive of EDO Health, the District Officer Health Regulation and Quality Control along with a team of food inspectors confiscated 5kg ‘gutka’ from Landhi, Korangi, Orangi,...
KARACHI: Need stressed to remove misconceptions: Islam and the West KARACHI, June 17: Religious radicals may not succeed in staging a comeback in Afghanistan if the international community scales up assistance for the country still struggling with the legacy of the...		KARACHI: Book on media launched KARACHI, June 17: Citizens’ Media Dialogue — a book written by former information minister Javed Jabbar and sponsored by the Unesco, and a website, “www.wiredet.com/cmd”, were launched at a meeting here...
KARACHI: Rs50m road project in Orangi launched KARACHI, June 17: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Thursday inaugurated a road construction project at UC-6 in Orangi Town. The two-km road is being constructed at a cost of Rs50...		KARACHI: Vocalists resent sealing of CD factories KARACHI, June 17: Leading vocalists have thrown their weight behind the Rainbow Video Merchant Welfare Association which criticized the government for initiating a campaign against piracy at the behest of the...
KARACHI: BCom exams from 27th KARACHI, June 17: The Controller of Examinations, University of Karachi, Syed Anwar Ali Zaidi, on Friday said that BCom supplementary examinations 2004 would be held from June 27....		KARACHI: Dual nationality for Afghans KARACHI, June 17: A seminar titled The Future of Afghan Refugees Living in Pakistan was organized by the SDPI in collaboration with the UNHCR at a local hotel. ...
KARACHI: BDS results KARACHI, June 17: The Hamdard University on Friday announced the results of Third Prof BDS Annual Examinations 2005. According to a HU notification, 32 students were declared successful.—PPI...		KARACHI: Rangers to man security at Urdu varsity KARACHI, June 17: After meetings with high-ups at the Governor’s House and others at the helm of security affairs, the administration of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology,...
KARACHI: PPP seeks arrest of activists’ killers KARACHI, June 17: Pakistan People’s Party workers on Friday vowed to foil the regime’s conspiracy of eliminating their party chairperson from political arena and reiterated their resolve to bring her back...		KARACHI: Govt told to ascertain whereabouts of activist KARACHI, June 17: The Sindh High Court on Friday directed the law officers of the provincial and federal governments to ascertain the whereabouts of a Harkatul Mujahidden Al-Alami activist, stated to...
KARACHI: Rally staged against privatization of PTCL KARACHI, June 17: A large number of people staged a protest rally outside Karachi Press Club against the privatization of the Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation Limited on Friday....		KARACHI: MQM, ST register FIRs KARACHI, June 17: The Sunni Tehreek and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Thursday night lodged counter FIRs against each other after their sector offices were attacked by unknown persons in Azizabad....
KARACHI: Ibad awards six police officials KARACHI, June 17: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad on Friday presented awards to six officials of Anti-Violent Crime Cell, who arrested 11 criminals and recovered arms and looted property from them....		KARACHI: Change in LBOD design after WB experts’ study, PA told KARACHI, June 17: The Sindh Assembly was on Friday informed that after completion of study by World Bank experts, design of the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) would be changed. It...
KARACHI: Saddar Town budget approved KARACHI, June 17: A Rs640.0925 million budget of Saddar Town for the year 2005-06, showing a surplus of Rs2.178 million was approved by the town’s council which met under the chairmanship...		HYDERABAD: Bail plea of PPP MPA rejected HYDERABAD, June 17: Anti-Terrorism Court judge Syed Ali Ashraf Shah here on Friday rejected both applications of People’s Party Parliamentarians MPA Zahid Bhurgari, seeking bail in a criminal case and production...
HYDERABAD: Fishermen announce protest schedule HYDERABAD, June 17: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum has announced the schedule of its three-month protest against the contract system of fishing and alleged excesses of the government against fishermen....		HYDERABAD: Demand for payment of salary HYDERABAD, June 17: Employees of the Hyderabad Development Authority took out a protest procession from the Tilak Incline to the press club here on Thursday against delay in payment of their...